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+ | ====== xfdesktop - Preferences ====== | ||
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+ | * **[[# | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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+ | To access '' | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Background ===== | ||
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+ | The **Background** tab of the Desktop settings window contains different options for configuring the your desktop background. You can set a single image or multiple images as your desktop background, or you can use a color scheme. If you set an image as your wallpaper but don't want it to fill the entire screen, you can combine it with a color scheme that fills in the rest of the background. The default option is to use a wallpaper image, the list of images available is found in the **Wallpaper for my desktop** section, where thumbnails for images found in the specified folder are displayed. | ||
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+ | If you tick the **Apply to all workspaces** option, the wallpaper will be applied to all the workspaces on your computer, rather than just the one the window | ||
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+ | '' | ||
+ | ==== Images ==== | ||
+ | To set or change the wallpaper image, simply left-click on an image in the **Wallpaper for [...]** section. You can change the location the application looks for images in using the {gui> | ||
+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | If a location contains multiple images, '' | ||
+ | * in seconds: | ||
+ | * in minutes: | ||
+ | * in hours: | ||
+ | * at start up | ||
+ | * every hour | ||
+ | * every day | ||
+ | * chronologically | ||
+ | If you choose one of the first three options, you can set a custom time interval relative to the option selected. The **chronologically** option will sort the pictures according to their filenames and cycles through them all equally over a period of one day. The {gui> | ||
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+ | ==== Style ==== | ||
+ | The {gui> | ||
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+ | ^ Style ^ Effect ^ | ||
+ | | None |Doesn' | ||
+ | | Centered | ||
+ | | Tiled | Fills the display with tiled images, only effective if the image is smaller than the display. | | ||
+ | | Stretched | ||
+ | | Scaled | ||
+ | | Zoomed | ||
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+ | <figure "Image style options"> | ||
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+ | <note>If you choose the **Scaled** option and the size of the image does not exactly match the resolution of your display, the image will be " | ||
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+ | ==== Color ==== | ||
+ | Background colors can be used instead of an image or they can be combined with an image if it is smaller than the display or semi-transparent. In the case of a semi-transparent image, the color options can be used to easily change the gradient / hue of the wallpaper. The options available for the color are as follows: | ||
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+ | ^ Color ^ Effect ^ | ||
+ | | Solid color | The first color picker button to the right of the drop-down menu is active. Clicking that will bring up a color picker dialog that allows you to select a single color to fill the desktop. | | ||
+ | | Horizontal gradient | ||
+ | | Vertical gradient | ||
+ | | Transparent | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Menus ===== | ||
+ | '' | ||
+ | <figure "Menus tab"> | ||
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+ | ==== Desktop Menu ==== | ||
+ | The **Include applications menu on desktop right click** option dictates whether a menu entry will be shown at the bottom of the list providing quick access to all installed applications. Ticking the **Show application icons in menu** option will show icons next to the labels in the pop-up applications menu. | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | The menu's configuration file '' | ||
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+ | <note tip>You can customize your menu by copying '' | ||
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+ | ==== Window List Menu ==== | ||
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+ | Middle-clicking on the desktop shows a list of all opened windows ordered by workspace, it also allows you to quickly add or remove a workspace. Checking **Show window list menu on desktop middle click** will enable this menu. | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | If none of the submenus are checked, the pop-up menu will look like the following example: | ||
+ | <figure "Plain text window list menu"> | ||
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+ | Checking **Show application icons in menu** will produce the following: | ||
+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | Checking **Show workspace names in list** and **Use submenus for the windows in each workspace** will show each workspace as a separate entry with their respective windows hidden inside the entry. Hovering over a workspace entry will reveal the windows inside. | ||
+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | Check the **Show sticky windows only in active workspace** option if you only want to see those windows in the active workspace instead of all workspaces. The **Show add and remove workspace options in list** checkbox changes whether the shortcuts to add or remove a workspace are shown. | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Icons ===== | ||
+ | '' | ||
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+ | <figure "Icons tab"> | ||
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+ | ==== Appearance ==== | ||
+ | You can either choose to have an icon-free desktop by selecting **None** from the {gui> | ||
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+ | ? Minimised application icons | ||
+ | ! This option displays minimised windows as icons on your desktop. These icons can be freely arranged and offer window controls similar to the drop-down menu when clicking on the application' | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | <note tip> | ||
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+ | ==== File/ | ||
+ | This option displays files, folders, and launchers as icons on your desktop that can be freely arranged, named, copied and moved, modelled to have a similar look and feel as a regular file manager. | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
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+ | <note tip>'' | ||
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+ | You can edit the size of the icons, the orientation (where they are placed on the desktop by default), the font size used to display the icon text and the size of their tooltips that appear when hovering over the icons, as well as enabling showing hidden items, single click to activate items, and the option to show thumbnails on the desktop. | ||
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+ | ==== Default Icons ==== | ||
+ | You can optionally choose to show or hide special icons on your desktop, like shortcuts to your home folder or filesystem, the wastebasket or removable drives. These include disks and drives, network | ||
+ | shares and other devices. Clicking those icons on the desktop will open a new file manager window displaying the contents of that particular path. | ||
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+ | <figure " | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | [[ : |